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jmadone
master brummie
You mean when there was no litter in the streets?
looking at ells photos especially those on the tram thread i have one question...where are all the people? a lot the shops on the routes of the trams have closed down...i guess this is the idea...drive people away from the streets that were once packed with shoppers and herd them into the bull ring shopping centre and the grand central shops...i have to say i now find the city centre a depressing place to go its dull..drab and claustrophobic in many areas and and an endless building site so i dont go unless i really have to i am not against change..we have to have it and its been going on since time began but does it have to be so radical and brutal and at the loss of so many wonderful buildings..would much rather visit walsall market and bilston market...so sad that i no longer enjoy and feel lost in the city where i was born
lyn
lyn
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
lyn as i posted before, when i went to brum last week. what has happend to the place,us brummies were known for being friendly.. i was glad to get home. my animals are more friendly.than most of the jokers living there now... yer walsall market.
great place to have a mooch
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Lyn,
I couldn't agree more - through traffic is the king, there is rarely parking where you need it - and people just get in the way. Each place I have lived for any length of time has got smaller than the previous one - Birmingham, Bournemouth, Poole, Ringwood, Limnes - and I now I feel that I have reached my optimum, and where most people know each other and look out for each other. That is what Birmingham has destroyed - communities, and that leads to a horrendous rise in crime figures and anti-social activity. The samed happened to Manchester, but several years earlier - large office blocks and centralisation of services. GP practices with 8 or 9 doctors, where you are lucky if you see your own doctor, but with thousands of patients, does he even remember you? You may as well be a worker in a nest of thousands of ants.
Maurice
I couldn't agree more - through traffic is the king, there is rarely parking where you need it - and people just get in the way. Each place I have lived for any length of time has got smaller than the previous one - Birmingham, Bournemouth, Poole, Ringwood, Limnes - and I now I feel that I have reached my optimum, and where most people know each other and look out for each other. That is what Birmingham has destroyed - communities, and that leads to a horrendous rise in crime figures and anti-social activity. The samed happened to Manchester, but several years earlier - large office blocks and centralisation of services. GP practices with 8 or 9 doctors, where you are lucky if you see your own doctor, but with thousands of patients, does he even remember you? You may as well be a worker in a nest of thousands of ants.
Maurice
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Pardon my ignorance, what is the giant disc behind the Hall of Memory and also the bridge like structure behind that? Your picture shows how orderly we are, coming towards you on the right hand side (your left) and going from you on the left hand side, in other words keeping right. The old photographers loved to animate their photos with people, particularly children, look at some of the fine Edwardian photos in the various forum posts. But, pause and look carefully at the picture and in no way does it represent 2019. There is something missing and not the fact that it is mainly men of a certain age, which gives the clue to what is not there. Keep going with the photos Ell, you are following the tradition of the early photographers, if it looks interesting photograph it. If no correct answers I'll leave it with you over the weekend and give the answer, if one has not been suggestedDon't like taking people, they get in the way!
But here's one from Centenary Way on the way to see Ice Skate Birmingham.
Bob
Bob
cookie273uk
Gone but not forgotten
What an imposing building the old Snow Hill station was, such a shame it was demolished. Eric
ellbrown
ell brown on Flickr
That's the Birmingham Big Wheel being installed for the annual Ice Skate Birmingham event. Returning to Centenary Square for the first time since winter 2016/17 (as the square was being done up until this past summer).
The bridge is on Centenary Way. Past Paradise Birmingham (being built on the site of the demolished Birmingham Central Library).
Are you in Birmingham right now? Many of you seem to have moved away decades ago, and don't really know the modern city being developed.
I prefer photos of buildings, statues, sculptures, landscapes, trains, buses, trams, planes etc. Not people really.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
No, in wet monsoon/typhoon/hurricane stricken North Devon, where it does not rain, we just have liquid sunshine, but I come back two or three times a year, but now have difficulty travelling to the library area, but you are right we don't know the modern city being developed and as we drive round it is very difficult to rubberneck as it is hard to get below the Birmingham minimum speed limit of 90mph. That is why we enjoy your photographs.
Bob
ellbrown
ell brown on Flickr
Thanks glad you like them.
Are rumours that the Council wants to ban cars from the Queensway tunnels, make them, bike, bus and taxi only. They are also planning to knock down the Perry Barr flyover (a lot of people are against that).
The city centre is pedestrian friendly. And the next tram extension is due to open in a few months time.
The bus diversions go round the back of the Library on Cambridge Street now.
Are rumours that the Council wants to ban cars from the Queensway tunnels, make them, bike, bus and taxi only. They are also planning to knock down the Perry Barr flyover (a lot of people are against that).
The city centre is pedestrian friendly. And the next tram extension is due to open in a few months time.
The bus diversions go round the back of the Library on Cambridge Street now.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
The missing 21st Century icon (if that is the word). Not one of them is looking at or listening to a mobile phone. Well done Ell how long did you have to wait before you got this rare moment?
Bob
ellbrown
ell brown on Flickr
If you are going on about the Centenary Way photo, I pointed my camera up towards the ferris wheel and ice rink and took the photo. And then continued to walk into Centenary Square.
Here's one from Saturday's Diwali on the Square in Victoria Square.
But was a bit crowded in the centre of the square, so took my next shot heading down the steps.
And then up Christchurch Passage to Waterloo Street for this one.
birminghams rememberance sunday will again this year be held at colmore row
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There are good swastikas and bad swastikas... is that a deliberate modification?
The Lord Mayor inspecting Birmingham Tramways staff. Sorry, no date for this one but expect it’s around 1910ish. Viv.
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Pub Historian
Can you imagine trying to get the modern staff into an army-style formation?
Like the livery. Viv.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Do you know the reason for the livery? And I bet that although it is a12, it does not go to Bartley Green any more. However one interesting observation, Colmore Row at this angle looks the same and unchanged. Another good photoModern NXWM bus in classic cream WM livery yesterday on the 12A on Colmore Row.
Bob